In and , the American iteration of dubstep found itself in the spotlight. Jeff Abel has established himself as a figurehead of the now-diminutive genre under his widely celebrated alias, Excision.
Abel took to Facebook this week to share his perspectives on the popular but dismissive aforementioned sentiment:. Those people have all moved on to the next hipster trend, and the Dubstep scene was left with all the people who are there for the music.
He had released an annual "Shambhala" mix album in the third quarter of each year. It should come as no surprise that the sounds behind this name are just as filthy, brutal, and unforgiving as the namesake suggests.
Excision shows are like no other- a virtual apocalypse of twisting and morphing sounds turn massive crowds into a frenzy, as virtual walls of bass are relentlessly impaled time and time again upon their fragile bodies and ears. Your ears will ring and your eyes will roll into the back of your head as you are suspended in what can only be called a true sensory overload. The true champion of bass music, Excision hails from Kelowna, British Columbia. Try out 16Bit for an example of this style.
Wobblestep focuses on the wobble aspect of Dubstep. The wobble is the heavy synthesizer bass line with smooth pitch bends that drives the low-end of the frequency spectrum. Here, it's accentuated and placed up front. This makes Wobblestep the most disorienting yet enjoyable sub-genre in the list. Check out Caspa if you want to jump out of your seat and do the dance above zebra costume not included. One of my personal favorites, Glitchstep puts the fancy drum patterns and wobbles in the background and really spends its time focused on the glitches.
The glitches are the high frequency, fast paced sounds that you'd expect to hear in a UFO. Think of the sound you hear when Neo first gets sucked into the Matrix when he touches that mirror. That's Glitchstep's feel. For a good time, call Bassnectar. Timestretch is a great album.
Another favorite of mine. Purists hate it, call these guys sell-outs, etc. But it's dope. I love the hip-hop influence and vocal samples. It focuses on the glitches and blips with lots of syncopated drum breaks and dynamic fluctuations in the feel of the song. While some don't like the progression of the sub-genre, it simply feels mature and has widespread appeal. Skrillex is the Brostep poster child, but Datsik and Excision are other great examples.
Half-Step produces an interesting feeling. By programming the drums at half-time, the other elements of the song feel like they are at twice the tempo at times.
It can feel less aggressive and demanding of your energy, but can still give you that adrenaline rush. The cognitive dissonance of being chill but needing to head-bang will confuse and excite your brain and ears. Benga is the Half-Step go-to guy and Loefah offers just as much. My absolute favorite sub-genre of dubstep The picture above captures the feeling perfectly. It's like being in a psychedelic forest like you might see in the movie Avatar, but it's all somber and makes you reminisce of days when the kingdom was at peace.
But soon the prophecy will be fulfilled and solace will return to the land. It's got a lot of fantasy elements to it's lyrical content.
I have to urge you to check out Skrux , pronto. Post-Dubstep is the cultural and philosophical advancement of the typical Dubstep sound. It's an attempt at maturation and forward movement by the intellectuals of the genre. To further this growth, these artists have dropped down from the usual BPM's to beats per minute as their tempo.
There's a ton of these artists out there, but if I had to choose a couple, I say check out James Blake and Joy Orbison. Here's where some folks are going to get mad at this list. Gorestep is small and is used to describe one guy's music. However, he's influencing a lot of the upcoming Dubstep artists and this style will grow into it's own in the coming years.
Gorestep feels like a mixture of Trap music, the sparse rap production style, and Dubstep.
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